Berry diameter is 3.5-4 mm in wallichiana and 4-6 mm in cordifolia, both black color ! Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 11:21 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Saroj ji but I am puzzled by the size of the fruits as I know very > little taxonomy. > Can cordifolia have such tiny fruits or is it some variety of cordifolia. > There were two larger fruits of 5 mm dia in the entire ensemble (Photo is > attached) but the vast majority are tiny 2mm dia black fruits. Of course > the stem is very aciculate with little spines clearly visible in the plant > photo. > I would be grateful for a definitive view . > With regards > taffazull > > > On Friday, October 21, 2022 at 9:54:48 AM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju > wrote: > >> Or maybe cordifolia ?? >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:16 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Garg ji but is it validated as Rubia wallichiana ? >>> with regards >>> taffazul >>> >>> On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 9:53:09 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Taffazul ji, for the details. >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J. M. Garg >>>> >>>> On Wed, 19 Oct, 2022, 1:35 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Kindly confirm if the plant is *Rubia wallichiana* .It was growing in >>>>> a lawn* in *Srinagar .The stem is aciculate and square.The corolla of >>>>> the flowers is white and most of the fruits are black and tiny 2-3 mm in >>>>> dia though a very few were upto 5 mm in dia. >>>>> >>>>> Walter R.Lawrence in “The Valley of Kashmir” (1895) Chapter XIII >>>>> p 344 writes that till Samvat 1923 ( 1866 A.D.) madder was cultivated in >>>>> Kashmir and its roots sold at 8 Annas per Seer (at present rates about >>>>> Rs350/Kg.).Rubia wallichiana is even today in use by Monpa people of Tibet >>>>> and Arunachal Paradesh >>>>> >>>>> Yang R et al in their paper published in the *Nature *family Open >>>>> Access Journal *Science Reports* write that: >>>>> >>>>> “ Synthetic dyes not only pollute the environment and damage >>>>> ecosystems but can also be harmful to human health..Thus, an >>>>> “eco-efficiency” concept has come into existence to bring economic and >>>>> environmental viability together.. As a biodegradable and recyclable >>>>> resource, natural dyes are gradually beginning to receive more attention >>>>> *..(** Yang, R., Zhang, Y., Ranjitkar, S. et al. Reusing wasteroot >>>>> of Rubia wallichiana dyeing from Monpa of Tibet in China.* *Sci Rep* >>>>> *11*, 14331 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93848-8 *)* >>>>> >>>>> Cultivation of *Rubia wallichiana* can be promoted as a sunrise >>>>> industry in Kashmir. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5a327517-6b8c-4367-a9a6-1c944a9278fan%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5a327517-6b8c-4367-a9a6-1c944a9278fan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/ab5dc318-755e-476d-b302-8af0900b05ddn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/ab5dc318-755e-476d-b302-8af0900b05ddn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fe741d7e-8ed2-46c1-bb65-49bb73bb7dbdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fe741d7e-8ed2-46c1-bb65-49bb73bb7dbdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytTGARUkTitpshZC%2BOg1g%3DOs0aunwbHTkN%3DivLSSP7P7Kw%40mail.gmail.com.
